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Overview

When faced with the challenge of producing up to 22 planes per month for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program in 2003, Lockheed Martin selected Handling Specialty, based on our expertise in the automotive and aerospace industries.

Vertical assembly stations are typically a four post, screw driven lift design with a platform that has a customized opening which allows access to the product from all sides and elevations. The mechanical automation ensures smooth, synchronized and level motion throughout the range of travel with secure load holding at any elevation.

Features

Four post, screw driven lift design with a platform that has a customized opening to aircraft’s wing allows access to the product from all sides and at all elevations

Platform travel speed is configurable between 0 and 10 fpm

Smooth, synchronized and level motion throughout the range of travel with secure load holding at any elevation

Platform opening is off-center and has sliders on both sides with removable guard rails to allow personnel to move close to the wing (sliders must be fully retracted for the platform to move vertically)